Payoff makes overcoming barriers to the active adult segment worth it, speakers say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 11, 2024
The senior living industry’s active adult niche will do best if well-executed, and that starts with understanding the consumer, according to experts speaking at the National Investment Center for Seniors...
Senior living can be a partner in delivering, improving care, CMS official says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2024
Even though senior living providers, by law, are unable to directly bill the Medicare program for the services they provide to residents, they are able to partner with other organizations focused on value-based...
Occupancy higher at entrance fee CCRCs compared with rental CCRCs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2024
The occupancy rate for entrance fee continuing care retirement / life plan communities was greater than 90% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to Omar Zahraoui, principal at the National Investment...
Report identifies where assisted living rents are changing the most
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 19, 2024
The assisted living sector touts itself as the most cost-effective option to provide quality-of-life care and services for the nation’s older adults. But that value comes at a cost, according to a new...
‘Profound’ financial, workforce challenges persist for senior living providers as 2024 begins
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2024
Senior living operators will continue to face inflationary pressures and capital market challenges in 2024, but some effects may lessen before the year is out, according to senior living industry experts....
Fed ‘may have gone too far’ with rapid interest rate increases, expert says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 14, 2023
A risk exists that the Federal Reserve “may have gone too far” with rapid interest rate increases over the past 14 months or so “and won’t know until they’ve gone farther,” Mary Ludgin, senior...
Key to providing healthcare in senior living? ‘Just get started’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 06, 2023
Thinking about tapping into Medicare payment models to deliver healthcare to senior living residents? One expert has some rather stark advice.
COVID, workforce, financial issues confront senior living providers as 2023 starts, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2023
Addressing the burnout plaguing existing employees while working to entice others to join the industry will be a focus of providers in 2023.
Big senior living stories of 2022
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2022
Here are some of the major stories that affected senior living providers in 2022.
Staffing shortages ease for SNFs, but they’re not out of the woods yet
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 18, 2022
Skilled nursing properties reporting shortages of nursing staff dropped from 28% in January to 20.8% in September, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.